his "Contributions to Coding Techniques" (2006) SA-IEE annual award for the best paper published in the SA-IEE Africa Research Journal. (2008) Best paper award at Chinacom). 2013) Aaron Wyner distinguished service award from the IEEE Information theory society. (2015) See also References External links IEEE ICCT 2011 speakers 1949 births Living people Dutch computer scientists Eindhoven University of Technology alumni Fellow Members of the IEEE Information theorists People from Breda People in information technology Academic staff of the University of Duisburg-Essen